Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Polynesian Sailing Boat Sails Out Of A Harbor In

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationLeyte Gulf, Philippines
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 Philippines

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Polynesian Sailing Boat Sails Out Of A Harbor In — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage footage captures a traditional Polynesian sailing boat with large triangular sails gliding across the waters of Leyte Gulf, Philippines. The vessel, likely a catamaran or outrigger, carries several crew members as it navigates the open sea under an overcast sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—grainy texture, color fading, and vertical pink and purple streaks from aging film stock. Other boats appear in the distance, suggesting a busy maritime area during wartime. The handheld camera follows the boat’s movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Pacific island life and naval activity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123138344

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1944 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Leyte Gulf, Philippines Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s archive requests needing short home-movie maritime footage from Leyte Gulf for documentary, museum, education, or editorial cutaway use.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show a mid-1940s sailing craft with triangular sails, open water, distant boats, and no visible modern shoreline details.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches the sailboat from a nearby vessel or shoreline viewpoint, preserving an unstaged observer's glimpse of local water traffic.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a two-sail boat, several people aboard, open sea, a low horizon, distant boats, wakes, overcast sky, and aged film borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, handheld framing, muted color, grain, gate edges, and pink-purple vertical streaking that signal original physical film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief maritime insert, Pacific travel transition, harbor cutaway, or memory beat within a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a traditional-looking sail craft among other boats on open water, suggesting everyday maritime movement without proving a specific event.
Research note: People are visible but not individually identifiable in these frames; copyright, likeness, location, and vessel-use rights should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1940s Leyte Gulf 8mm sailboat, Philippines home movie harbor boats, triangular sail craft footage, and Pacific maritime archive may match.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Leyte Gulf or 1944 Philippines footage, then broader Pacific sailing and harbor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm frame showing a small sailing craft with two triangular sails and people aboard on open water. — A two-sail craft passes across open water, with crew visible on the low hull.

Closer 8mm view of the Leyte Gulf sailing craft, with people clustered near the center and a wake trailing beside the hull. — The sailboat is seen in closer profile, its crew grouped beneath the sails.

Wider 1944 Leyte Gulf view with the sailboat farther away, nearby boats at left and right, and a hazy horizon. — The sailing craft recedes into a busier stretch of water with other boats nearby.

Final 8mm frame shows the sailboat farther off in Leyte Gulf, with surrounding boats and visible pink film aging streaks. — The boat moves farther from the camera as other vessels remain scattered across the water.

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